It is common sense that he or she cannot work or support a family. The assumption that coal is a good investment does not add up and even Howard is well aware of that. Taking into account the health costs, which will run for the lifetime of the power plant, the price of Adani plant for coal power is shown to be a fiction that the Green Party in Queensland and Federally has exposed. It is a fiction because it ignores the long term health costs, the cost of environmental impacts such as water pollution, and the expected costs of dealing with the impact of climate change caused by CO2 emissions from coal plants like the proposed Adani plant. Take all of that into account and the true cost of coal is double, well above even the most expensive renewable energy offshore wind. And more than half of that is the cost of the health impacts. Investors across Australia and even Queensland sense that the energy market is changing, with a major shift in investment towards low-carbon energy. Queensland needs to be part of this shift, away from coal with its devastating environmental, health and economic costs, and toward renewable energy by stopping Adani planned coal plant.A major problem with Adani coal plant is that its full costs are not reflected in its market price and thus while Queensland may seemingly purchase and burn coal cheaply, in reality it will be paying a much higher cost in the long term. The impacts on the environment and human health are not captured in the price of coal. Those who benefit from the seemingly cheap electricity do not pay for these externalities directly, but the public eventually has to pay in the form of medical bills, environmental cleanups, etc. Money or pricing is a powerful tool to promote the use and development of renewable energy to meet its potential. An excellent way for Queensland government to encourage proper behavior is to offer incentives for renewable energy development. Climate change is a major problem for Queensland and for Australia. Therefore Australia cannot expect to avoid dangerous climate change unless it makes a significant contribution to mitigation by cutting emissions which the Green Party has fought for relentlessly which helps explain Howard’s remarks.